Securing rim for receptacle covers



A. F. GUDKNECHT.

SEGURING RIM FOR RECEPTACLE COVERS.

' APPLlcAloN FILED JUNE lo. 1920.

Patented May 23, 1922.

ALBERT E. GUDKN ECI-1T,

SECURING Rlll :FOR RECETACLE COVERS.

Applicaten filed June itl,

To fdl @rif/im. 'it may concern.'

Re Vit known that l, .linear F. G non Nncrrr, citizen oi the UnitedStates, residing at li/linneapolis, in the county oi Hennepin and Stateot lilinnesota, have invented certain new and useful improvements inSecuring Rims for Receptacle Covers., oi' which the tolloivingis aspecification.

This invention relates to an improved. securing rim ior receptaclecovers, being; particularly designed for use in connection with buttertubs, and has as one oit its principal objects to provide a rim wherebythe cover ot a butter tub may be quickly and tightly secured upon thetubv The .invention has as a further object to provide a rim which willalso serve as a hoop or retaining band. for holding the sections orslabs ot a tub cover tightly in assembled relation.

.find the invention has as a still further object to provide a rim whichwill be ot particularly simple construction, which may be readilyapplied, and which will dispense with the necessity `for the use ofwooden cover securing; hooks.

@ther and incidental objects will appear hereinafter.

In the drawings:

Figure l. is a 'fragmentary perspective view showing,- my improved rimin connection with a but-ter tub and cover of conventional design. rindFigure 2 is a fragmentary transverse sectional view on the Yline 2 2 ofFigure l, looking' in the direction of the arrows.

ln order that the construction, mounting and -function of my improvedsecuring; rim may be accurately understood, l have, in the drawings.shown the device in connection with a butter tub 10 of conventionaldesign, this tub having; the usual outer Hat tace 101 at its uppermargin. The cover oi: the tub is indicated at ll. As will be obAserved., the cover is, as is usual. formed olfa plurality of.' sectionsor mating slats and, as particularly shown iu Figure 2, the coverslightly overhangs the wall oit the tub.

ln carrying the invention into effect, my improved rim is preferablyconstructed oil a single piece of suitable sheet metal bent to form anannular band, the ends of the rim overlapping and being suitably securedtogether. As particularly shown in Fie;- ure 2, the rim is formed with arelatively wide top flange l2 and spaced below this Specification efLetters Patent.

. i 'up ma @im Patented -naif ber..

1920. Serial No. 387,827.

flange is an inwardly directed annular "5 ping` bead 13 normally lyingsubstai f parallel to the Range l2 and joined with by an interveningconnecting portion .te formino the rim body. The metal of the band ispreferably pressed or bent in to de- .line t-he bead 13 and dependingl'from said bead is an annular skirt or securing' ilange 16. As will beobserved.I the rim is jformed to snugly lit around the cover ll, theporipheral margin oi ivhich is received bctween the flange i2 and thebead 13. The bead will thus coact with the cover Yfor tightly grippingthe rim thereon and holdN ing; the flange 112 seated flat against theupper side ot the cover, the margin of the cover being clamped betweentheV flange 12 and said bead. Accordingly, the rimr will serve tomaintain the sections or slats of the cover in tightly assembledrelation. Further, by this arrangement it is possible, aitter the rimhas been termed, to readily assemble the sections or slats o'F the covertherein. is will be perceived, this may be accomplished by simply movingthe slats inwardly over the bead 13 to abut the fla-nge l2 when the beadwill spring in beneath the ends of the slats for securing' the slatsupon the rim. Y'

In applying the cover, the flange 16 ot the rim is simply litted overthe upper end portion oi thc tub and the cover moved to abut the upperend edpge ot the tub. Thus, said flange will be brought into positionseating1 Hat against the face 101 ot the tub fitting* tightly around theupper margin ot the tub. A series ofi nails l? or other approvedfastening devices are then driven through the flange into the wall otthe tub Jfor lirmly and securely connecting the cover thereto. lt willthus be seen that I provide an eX- ceedingly simple and eiiective devicefor the purpose set forth. Further, attention is directed to the factthat in the practical use oi my improved rim., the nails 17 may, atte-rthe tub has reached the consumer, be simply withdrawn for removing thecover when the rim will serve to maintain the cover slats or sections ina unitary struc ture so that the cover may be readily1 handled, removed,or replaced.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. The combination with a receptacle, and a sectional overhangingremovable cover therefor, of a securing rim having an annu CIK lar rimbody surrounding the edge of the cover and provided at one edge with atop flange orerhangingthe cover and at its opposite edge with an offsetextending beneath the cover whereby the rim will hold the sections ofthe cover assembled when the cover is removed from the receptacle, therebeing an annular skirt dependingr from said offset concentric to the rimbody but of less diameter to snugly surround the receptacle beneath thecover.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a securing rim for receptacle coverscomprising an annular rim body provided at one edge thereof With anoverhanging top flange and bent at its opposite edge to define aninwardly directed offset confronting the top flange in spacedsubstantially parallel relation, there being an annular skirtdependingfrom said offset concentric to the rim body 20 but of less diameter.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature- ALBERT F. GUDKNECHT. [n s]

